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Case Reports
. 2021 Nov:238:317-320.
doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.06.083. Epub 2021 Jul 3.

Myopericarditis After the Pfizer Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Coronavirus Disease Vaccine in Adolescents

Jenna Schauer  1 , Sujatha Buddhe  2 , Jessica Colyer  2 , Eyal Sagiv  2 , Yuk Law  2 , Sathish Mallenahalli Chikkabyrappa  2 , Michael A Portman  2
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Myopericarditis After the Pfizer Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Coronavirus Disease Vaccine in Adolescents

Jenna Schauer et al. J Pediatr. 2021 Nov.

Abstract

Reports have emerged of myocarditis and pericarditis predominantly after the second dose of the coronavirus disease messenger ribonucleic acid vaccine. We describe 13 patients aged 12-17 years who presented with chest pain within 1 week after their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine and were found to have elevated serum troponin levels and evidence of myopericarditis.

Keywords: COVID-19 vaccine; myocarditis.

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